BOEING has won a $40.5 million contract modification for eight Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Fleet Deployment Unit (FDU) pods. The pods will support the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet's first cruise.
Atmel Corp., San Jose, Calif., announced an agreement with the European Space Agency and the France's CNES to develop the next generation of integrated circuits dedicated to space applications. The three-year deal calls for Atmel to develop a complete system-level integrated solution for data and signal processing under space conditions, the company said.
Five European nations agreed yesterday to cooperate on amphibious operations. France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom Tuesday agreed on a Declaration of Intent for a European amphibious initiative. U.K. defense minister Geoff Hoon said that U.K. amphibious forces had worked with allies for many years, particularly with the Dutch, with whom the U.K. has been operating since 1973. "This initiative will enhance that co-operation, and improve our contribution to both NATO and Europe," he said.
A Northrop Grumman Corp. team is working under a U.S. Air Force contract to develop software that will improve diagnosis of problems and more accurately predict failures in systems aboard legacy aircraft, including F-16s, F-15s and C-130s.
GE Aircraft Engines chief W. James McNerney, 51, is leaving GE to take over as head of Minnesota's giant consumer-goods conglomerate 3M. David Calhoun, 43, will take over for McNerney. A veteran GE executive who comes from the auditing and finance ranks, Calhoun has been working as chief operating officer at GEAE under McNerney for several months (DAILY, Nov. 28). McNerney succeeds L.D. Simone, who will remain with 3M until April 1, 2001. McNerney's appointment as chairman and CEO of 3M is effective Jan. 1, 2001.
Litton Industries Inc. said it has reshaped its Information Systems Group, creating three new divisions from its PRC Inc. subsidiary in the process and capitalizing on its position in defense and intelligence markets. The Information Systems Group, Litton said, will now be composed of four divisions - PRC Government Solutions Division, PRC Defense Systems Division, PRC Maritime and Range Systems Division and TASC Inc.
American jobs are lost when foreign countries insist on technology transfers and other conditions for buying major defense and commercial systems from the U.S., a labor union representative told the congressionally mandated National Commission on the Use of Offsets in Defense Trade at its first meeting Monday.
Honeywell International Inc. will host a Jan. 10 shareholder meeting to vote on its proposed merger with General Electric Co. Pending stockholder and regulatory approval, the companies plan to move quickly to complete the transaction. Honeywell has agreed to pay a $1.35 billion termination fee if the board changes its recommendation, or if the company's shareholders vote down the merger when there is another valid public offer, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, The DAILY, in an article in the Dec. 4 issue ("BAE Systems sees new opportunities in aerospace electronics," page 349), incorrectly reported the title of Walt Havenstein. He is president of BAE Systems' Information&Electronic Warfare Systems business unit under the Information&Electronic Systems Integration sector headed by Galen Ho.
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS was picked by Lockheed Martin Space Systems-Astronautics Operations of Littleton, Colo., to produce composite structures for its Atlas V family of space launch vehicles. The structures include Centaur interstage adapters, heat shields and boattails.
CACI INTERNATIONAL INC. won a $500 million support contract from the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate. CACI received dual contracts, with one base year and four option years, worth about $100 million per year, up to $500 million if all options are exercised.
The Boeing X-32A Joint Strike Fighter concept demonstrator aircraft completed low-speed approach aircraft carrier variant (CV) tests on Saturday, following a flight test program of 33 total flights designed to accomplish government requirements.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Co., King of Prussia, Pa., is being awarded a $12,414,803 (not-to-exceed) modification to a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to provide for advanced long lead parts in support of the modernization development effort for up to twelve NAVSTAR Global Positioning System Block IIR satellites. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2001. Negotiation completion date was Nov. 30, 2000. Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity. Verdie Lawrence, (310) 363-0371 is the POC.
A recount of Washington state's U.S. Senate race has confirmed that Sen. Slade Gorton (R) lost his re-election bid, ensuring that Seattle-based Boeing will be without a key supporter in the Senate next year. Cantwell won the recount by 2,229 votes, Washington's Secretary of State announced last week.
Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS), created after Boeing's acquisition of Hughes Electronic satellite businesses, had a tremendous year in 2000, according to company officials. "Our operations tempo is at an unprecedented level," said Tig H. Krekel BSS president. In all, BSS handed over a record 15 satellites. Company officials expect BSS close out the year with over 34 satellites in backlog, worth about $6 billion.
Boeing Co., Long Beach, Calif., is being awarded a $426,450,718 modification to a firm-fixed-price contract to provide for the Flexible Sustainment Program in support of the C-17 aircraft through September 2001. The program places total system sustainment responsibility under the C-17 prime contractor to achieve improvements in logistics support and mission readiness while reducing operating and support costs. Expected contract completion date is Sept. 30, 2001. Solicitation issue date was May 26, 2000. Negotiation completion date was Nov. 17, 2000.
Lockheed Martin is teaming up with Space Imaging Cukurova Holding/INTA in a bid to handle the Turkish Armed Forces (TAF) high-resolution remote sensing needs and expand its Ikonos satellite technology in the international marketplace. "Forming a strategic alliance with satellite producer Lockheed Martin and earth imagery satellite operator Space Imaging will enable the TAF to acquire an earth imagery satellite at higher resolutions with better technical characteristics," said Mehmet Sepiil, CEO of Cukurova/Space Systems Inc.
Candidates to chair the House Armed Services, International Relations and Science Committees are going on job interviews this week. A House Republican steering panel, headed by House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.), will hear from all the contenders during private, half-hour interviews today and tomorrow. House Republicans plan to vote on the steering panel's recommendations in early January.
Raytheon/Lockheed Martin Javelin joint venture, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $311,462,736 modification to firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract DAAH01-00-C-0108, for funding of the second program year of full rate production of the Javelin Weapon System. Work will be performed in Orlando, Fla. (40%), and Tucson, Ariz. (60%), and is expected to be completed by March 31, 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a sole source contract initiated on Oct. 29, 1999. The U.S.
Bell/Agusta Aerospace Co. marked a milestone in civil tiltrotor technology as it mated the wing and fuselage for the first prototype of its BA609 aircraft last Friday at Bell's Flight Research Center, Arlington, Tex. The company is a joint venture of Bell Helicopter Textron and Agusta, a Finmeccanica company, to design, develop and manufacture the BA609 civil tiltrotor and the AB139, a conventional twin-engine helicopter. The company plans to build four prototype tiltrotor aircraft for flight testing and certification.
Raytheon Co. last week gave Wall Street its first real glimpse of expected results for fiscal 2001, pegging earnings per share between $1.55 and $1.70 for the year - just shy of analyst consensus estimates of $1.71 a share. "It's important to understand this is the first guidance we've given for the year...if there's a difference in the interpretation, it's in the interest expense," said company spokesman David Polk, emphasizing that the range does not signal any financial problems at Raytheon.
Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control-Dallas, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being awarded a $104,000,000 modification (not-to-exceed for this letter contract modification is $212,400,000) as part of cost-plus-incentive-fee contract DAAH01-98-C-0062, for low rate initial production of missiles and for ground support for Patriot Advanced Capability. Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas (50%); Huntsville, Ala. (30%); Camden, Ark. (7%); Lufkin, Texas (5%); Clearwater, Fla. (3%); The Netherlands (3%), and Germany (2%), and is expected to be completed by Nov. 30, 2003.
Rockwell Collins Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $5,848,834 modification to previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract N00019-00-C-0115 to exercise an option for the production of 121 AN/ARC-210(V) Electronic Protection Radio Systems (28 RT-1556B/ARC, 38 RT-1747D/ARC, and 55 RT-1794C/ARC radios), including ancillary equipment and associated support. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. NAVY Reserve (116 systems (28 RT-1556B/ARC, 30 RT-1747D/ARC, and 58 RT-1794C)); the U.S.
U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen is heading to Brussels for a NATO defense ministerial this week, where one of the issues will be sorting out the relationship between NATO and the European Union's emerging military ambitions.
Electro-Optics Industries Ltd., Rehovot, Israel, is being awarded a $5,750,400 firm-fixed-price contract for 48 forward looking infrared pod receiver-transmitters in support of F/A-18 C/D aircraft. Work will be performed in Rehovot, Israel, and is expected to be completed by February 2002. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with two proposals solicited and two offers received. The Naval Inventory Control Point, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-01-C-A006).
